Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
Plenty of oranges here, but not the flower of a rose called Piccolo, so that I can demonstrate how perfectly, classily, the bloom co-ordinates with the new mahogany-red foliage. A gallery with hybrid teas, some Austin roses (English Roses), some others, in shades of eye-popping and spacehopper, through sunset, copper and red-gold, apricots and peach.…
Continue reading ➞ Orange Orange Orange Orange! …Orange!
The first rose in my garden to flower, this delightful Rosa chinensis Mutabilis. This variety rivals 'Old Blush China' for its excellence as a garden shrub. Its pointed copper-flame buds open to single copper-yellow flowers of butterfly daintiness, soon turning to pink and finally almost crimson. Given a warm sheltered position near a wall it will…
Continue reading ➞ Rosa Mutabilis
The Teddington Gardener 